After
Danaikan kottai heritage walk we had our packed lunch. It was 16.00 hrs when we
completed our lunch. In the mean time there was a confusion, what to do next. Somebody wants to see elephants ( But they
could not reach the spot is a different story ) and many of us wished to visit the
perumal temple at Sthyamangalam. Initially thought of visiting the Bhavani
Sagar Dam Perumal temple where the original Perumal and Garudathoon of Sri Madhava Perumal Temple was shifted. Since
it was getting late and I have to catch the train at Erode, decided to see Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple at
Sthyamangalam as per our guide Mr Ramaswamy’s suggestion.
Around 17.00 reached the temple Mr Ramaswamy Explained the details of the
temple.

Iraivan
: Sri Venugopalaswamy

Thayar : Sri Kalyana Lakshmi.

Some
of the important details are ....

The
temple is facing east with a 3 tier Rajagopuram. The Kongu Nadu special Garuda thoon is not there
in this temple. Palipedam and Dwajasthambam are immediately after the
Rajagopuram.

Perumal in this temple are in different positions and
also called in different name. Sannadhis
for Sri Venugopala Swamy, in standing posture, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal ( Thayar Lakshmi
is on the lap of Perumal in sitting
posture and Sri Ranganathar in reclining posture. In addition to this sannadhis for Adhavan,
Vishvaksenar, Anjaneyar, Andal, Iyappan and Sakkarathalwar.

It
was told that the temple is 1000 years old, without any inscriptions and looks like 1th century temple. On the main sanctum wall markings are done
for the koshtam , but the same was not done latter. In the outer prakaram there
is vamana statue with moon and sun on the top, may a periphery limit for the
land donated to this temple.

It
was also told that the Srirangam Renganathar urchavar was moved to this temple via
Madurai, Kanyakumari, Kerala, Mysore during
Malik Kafur invasion. Mr Ramaswamy told that the secret room/ passage below the ground in the mandapam,
where the Ranganathar idols were kept. ( Bust as per the temple's web site Tippu Sultan used this secret passage during war time )

In
the front mandapam with number of reliefs, Tippu sultan’s relief holding a parrot
in his hand is also there. The exact background story is not known. As per temples web site the treasurer of Tippu Sultan gave a portion of tax collected to this temple.

THE TEMPLE TIMINGS:

The
temple will get open between 06.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs to 20.00 hrs.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Land line number is +91 4295 221899email address : sathyvenugopalswamy@gmail.comTemple web site : Click here

HOW TO REACH:

About
a KM from the main bus stand.

Sathyamangalam
is about 70 KM from Coimbatore and 40 km from Mettupalayam.

Bus
facilities are available from Mettupalayam, Erode, Coimbatore etc,.